1 Raja-raja 9:28

9:28 They sailed ¹  to Ophir, took from there four hundred twenty talents ²  of gold, and then brought them to King Solomon.

Mazmur 45:9

45:9 Princesses ³  are among your honored guests, ⁴ 

your bride ⁵  stands at your right hand, wearing jewelry made with gold from Ophir. ⁶ 

[9:28]  ¹ tn Heb “went.”

[9:28]  ² tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 31,500 pounds of gold (cf. NCV); CEV, NLT “sixteen tons”; TEV “more than 14,000 kilogrammes.”

[45:9]  ³ tn Heb “daughters of kings.”

[45:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “valuable ones.” The form is feminine plural.

[45:9]  ⁵ tn This rare Hebrew noun apparently refers to the king’s bride, who will soon be queen (see Neh 2:6). The Aramaic cognate is used of royal wives in Dan 5:2-3, 23.

[45:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “a consort stands at your right hand, gold of Ophir.”

[45:9]  sn Gold from Ophir is also mentioned in Isa 13:12 and Job 28:16. The precise location of Ophir is uncertain; Arabia, India, East Africa, and South Africa have all been suggested as options.